People always mention auto-complete, but it seems to me that it is one of the least significant features of an IDE in terms of enhanced productivity. Auto-generation of test cases, refactoring, import organization, package generation, exception generation, JPDA, etc. are all things that I think are much more important than autocomplete (although it is a nice feature to have).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Reumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 3:00 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [OT]: What is vim? > > > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:56:45 -0500 > "Mark Galbreath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And any non-dot-completion editor refines > > your sense of the API because it forces you to RTFM. > > Ok, I see the whole vi/emacs/IDE wars starting up:) Sure in the > beginning a newbie should learn to use a basic text editor and an API, > but I can GUARANTEE you I can set a bunch of methods in large bean that > a team member created using dot-completion faster than you can if you > have to look up all the methods in the java doc (which often times isn't > created until late in the project cycle). Don't get me wrong I love > learning vi and the only IDE I pretty much use now is jEdit, although I > do use the dot completion when coding in Java. > > Looking up to find out whether the set method is setPhoneNumber or > or setPhone is a heck of a lost faster with dot completion than having > to check out another windows and find the name of the method and then > type it all out. I really don't understand why people are against dot > completion. A true newbie still would have to RTFM to find out what > method to call for many things so dot completion doesn't even come into > play there. You can simply code faster with dot completion. > > -- > Rick Reumann > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
